On June 2, 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the newly appointed Head of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, Ambassador John MacGregor. Expressing gratitude for the kind wishes on his appointment to the position of the Head of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, Ambassador John MacGregor confirmed his readiness to fully support the advancement of cooperation of the OSCE with Turkmenistan in the framework of three key dimensions of OSCE’s work.     The parties...

Today, on June 2, the online meeting between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hadjiyev and Regional Coordinator of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for Central Asia, the head of the representative offices of the IOM in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Zeynal Hajiyev. During the constructive talk the parties once again confirmed their interest in further expansion of cooperation on priority directions. The issues of strengtheni...

On May 31, 2021, the meeting of the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, the Chairman of the Turkmen-Japanese Committee on Economic Cooperation Serdar Berdimuhamedov with the Chairman of the Japanese-Turkmen Committee on Economic Cooperation, Managing Executive Officer of “ITOCHU Corporation” Hiroyuki Tsubai was held through videoconferencing. During the meeting, the parties highly appraised the level of Turkmen-Japanese relations in political, trade-economic and cultu...

15 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. Businessmen from the UAE, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan purchased cotton yarn, one-colored and jacquard terry products to the total amount of more than USD 6.224 million. Businessmen from the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Armenia, India, Pakistan concluded transitions in deposit manats for cotton yarn to the total amount of more than 9.565 million manat. Turkmen b...

The joint project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Turkmenistan "Strengthening the Trade Capacity of Turkmenistan" delivered series of online trainings on the application of advanced information and marketing technologies. Representatives from the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Turkmenistan, State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenis...

On May 28, 2021, the meeting of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the European Union to Turkmenistan Diego Ruiz Alonso was held in the premises of the MFA of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the parties discussed the current state and prospects of collaboration of Turkmenistan with the European Union. Special emphasis at the talks was made on the Energy Charter Treaty modernization process. As known...

On May 27, 2021, the meeting in the videoconference format was held between the governors of the frontier provinces of Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. From Afghan side the governors of Gerat, Badghiz, Djouzdjan and Faryab provinces, from Turkmen side the governors of Mary and Lebap velayats made presentations at the meeting. During the talk, the issues of the implementation of TAPI and TAP projects, railway line Turgundi-Great, plans on cooperation between the adminis...